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Is Indie 103 still on the air?

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I dont live in Los Angeles and was curious if Indie 103 was still on the air. I remember when they started up a few years ago most of the radio-info regulars swore up and down it wouldnt last through the first 2 books, or a few months at the most. The moderators and messageboard radio gurus all had the facts and inside info in their posts on why Indie wouldnt last, and their knowledge on the Indie issue was quite impressive. It seemed like they definatley knew what they were talking about, at least as far as they were concerned.

Were the nay sayers right or wrong? Has Indie managed to find its niche and stay on air the past few years, or is it just a memory?
 
> I dont live in Los Angeles and was curious if Indie 103 was
> still on the air. I remember when they started up a few
> years ago most of the radio-info regulars swore up and down
> it wouldnt last through the first 2 books, or a few months
> at the most. The moderators and messageboard radio gurus all
> had the facts and inside info in their posts on why Indie
> wouldnt last, and their knowledge on the Indie issue was
> quite impressive. It seemed like they definatley knew what
> they were talking about, at least as far as they were
> concerned.
>
> Were the nay sayers right or wrong? Has Indie managed to
> find its niche and stay on air the past few years, or is it
> just a memory?
>
Yes, they are still on the air and playing "Indie" music.
 
> >
> Yes, they are still on the air and playing "Indie" music.
>



Yes they are. Cool. Thanks.
 
> > >
> > Yes, they are still on the air and playing "Indie" music.
> >
>
>
>
> Yes they are. Cool. Thanks.

Yes, they are, but hovering around a 1 share in 12+ (combining both signals) due to less than full market coverage.

In 18-34, they hover between a 1 and 2, depending on daypart. (That's about where KCBS-FM was before it flipped from "Arrow" to "Jack".)

Not awful for that poor signal, but I still wouldn't give it good odds of survival if Entravision finds something else that would make more money.

Unfortunate, too, because it's a decent niche format.<P ID="signature">______________


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>I still wouldn't give it
> good odds of survival if Entravision finds something else
> that would make more money.





Wow...who put on the broken record?
 
> You can listen live too---
> Here's a link to their website: (try the one with the www
> first, if that doesn't work then copy & paste the other
> link)
>
> www.indie1031.fm/
>
> http://indie1031.fm/
>


Listen on the internet? Puh-leeze! That internet thing will never last, just like the hula hoop. The internet haha....chalk that sucker up with rap music. It will never last. Trust me, I post on messageboards, I know. ;)
 
> Listen on the internet? Puh-leeze! That internet thing will
> never last, just like the hula hoop. The internet
> haha....chalk that sucker up with rap music. It will never
> last. Trust me, I post on messageboards, I know. ;)
>
LOL!!!
 
> >I still wouldn't give it
> > good odds of survival if Entravision finds something else
> > that would make more money.
>
>
>
>
>
> Wow...who put on the broken record?

Leave it to you people to focus on the part of my post where I speak realistically (albeit negatively) and ignore the part where I say it's a good format.

I only said it because you asked if the station was still on the air, so obviously you realize there is a good chance of Entravision pulling the plug.

As Jack Nicholson would say: "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!"

And as W.C. Fields would say: "Go away, kid, you bother me."

Oh, and what's a "record" again? And how do you break one?<P ID="signature">______________


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>
> Oh, and what's a "record" again? And how do you break one?
>

I think they are these big black things that look like a plastic pizza. They have lots of tiny ridges, like Ruffles potato chips, but you can't eat them. Mos are broken, as they have a hole in the middle.
 
A record has been broken

Indie 103.1 has lasted longer than any other station that has tried to stand against Kroq.

Kroq is doing everything in it's power to make Indie go away and Indie just keeps on going.


The original poster should know that Indie 103.1 has an impressive audio stream at Indie 1031.com


> > Oh, and what's a "record" again? And how do you break
> one?
> >
>
> 755 Home Runs - Hank Aaron
>
> heh heh
>
 
Re: A record has been broken

> Indie 103.1 has lasted longer than any other station that
> has tried to stand against Kroq.
>
> Kroq is doing everything in it's power to make Indie go away
> and Indie just keeps on going.

You read too much into Indie's longevity.

KROQ hasn't done anything of late that could be even remotely construed as trying "to make Indie go away".

The reality is that Entravision doesn't have any options right now to do something else with Indie, but since it bills better than KDL did, they're leaving it alone. The station still hasn't made back what they paid for it, but they have bigger headaches in the other markets where they own stations.

At this point, the good news is that the format has proved itself the best it can, but the bad news is that one of these days, the corporate need for improving the bottom line will take precedence, and the 103.1s will either go on the block or go brokered.

I don't say that to be pessimistic. My basis for that analysis is that Entravision has sold stations in recent months where they had trouble making a profit with them. They have even exited some markets completely.

If it wasn't for the shortage of flippable signals (thanks again, Congress, for allowing consolidation of ownership), I think Indie has done well enough to deserve a rebirth, on a better signal, after Entravision does whatever it inevitably does. I only wish I could be optimistic that it would happen.<P ID="signature">______________


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> I only said it because you asked if the station was still on
> the air, so obviously you realize there is a good chance of
> Entravision pulling the plug.


Like the energizer bunny...

as far as ignoring your positive comments, things could be worse. You could be radiogeek500. Like the backhanded complement though.






>
> As Jack Nicholson would say: "You want the truth? You can't
> handle the truth!"



Indie is still on air. You have been spewing the same crapola for years now. And been wrong about Indie for years. Talk about the truth! And honestly anything could be gone in a few months, or at anytime for that matter, hell LA could get hit with a 10.5 and drop in the drink. San Diego can get stuck drinking toilet water out of their taps. New Orleans could be sunk by a hurricane.

Anything can happen. Thats life. So speculate all you want, does not change the fact that Indie is still kicking and all the regular speculation here has been wrong for years. Kinda doesnt do anything for your credibility on other radio matters.

You dont kno how ta break wreck-its? Do like I Emerge from NYs 5th Platoon did at the techniques dj championships at music box theatre in holyweird. Smash 'em on your turntable after you blow up tha spot.
 
You're so full of yourself, you're funny.

> Indie is still on air. You have been spewing the same
> crapola for years now. And been wrong about Indie for years.

How could I be wrong about Indie "for years" when it hasn't even been on the air for two years yet?<P ID="signature">______________


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>
> Indie is still on air.

Indie is alive. It is not kicking. A station that is trending significantly below a 1 share is hardly kicking.

>You have been spewing the same
> crapola for years now. And been wrong about Indie for years.

No, not true. K.M. has urged caution when posters have maintained that Indie has any effect on KROQ. He has ointed out that the huge investment is not being paid off and has a lousy ROI. As have I.

Indie had a hope when it was in the Clear Channel JSA. It is essentially a low rated, free standing general market station with not much chance to bill anything like what an $85 million investment requires.

The format may be great. I would'n't know. I can't pick it up. And I wouldn't like it if I heard it. Good for them if they have lasted this long. But none of the numbers make sense in regard to its long-term future.
 
Indie 103.1

> You're so full of yourself, you're funny. Indie is still on air. You have >been spewing the same crapola for years now. And been wrong about Indie for >years.

> How could I be wrong about Indie "for years" when it hasn't
> even been on the air for two years yet?

Has it only been two years? Oh the pain, the pain. This persons penmanship seems familiar KM. Surely there must be a rule against Indie posts in general, and picking on the Mod's specifically?
 
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> This
> persons penmanship seems familiar KM. Surely there must be a
> rule against Indie posts in general, and picking on the
> Mod's specifically?

There is no rule against Indie posts.

There is a rule against questioning a moderator's decisions in public, but not one against "picking on the moderators".

But -- pay attention, bored/Freddy/Nick -- there <u>is</u> a rule against creating multiple logins, which he has admitted doing.

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=585590&Board=sandiego>http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=585590&Board=sandiego</a><P ID="signature">______________


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Multiple Log-In rule?

> But -- pay attention, bored/Freddy/Nick -- there is a rule
> against creating multiple logins, which he has admitted
> doing.
>
htt> p://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=585590&Board=sandiego
>
Yes he did admit it, but I didn't find anything in the "rules" about creating multiple log-ins. I don't care about such a rule, since I always use this log-in, but I AM curious where that rule is. I'm confused, KM.
 
Re: Indie 103.1

I was thinking about Kyle's 'Sticky' at the top!

>>4) Indie 103 posts
From now on, Josh requests that you all limit discussions on 103.1/Indie/etc etc unless something newsworthy actually happens. And even then, try to stay within the scope of discussions and not break any of the Radio-Info Rules and Regulations. It has seemed that every topic on 103.1 recently has led to an all out warfest thus leading to the thread being closed. Let's remember that this is a Class A facility that can and will always have problems finacially/formaticly/personality wise and everything else(unless it goes Brokered Programming and even then that's no sure bet). <<



> There is no rule against Indie posts.

Well there ought to be, and we can create a rule for multiple Log In's too. For now rule 7 will suffice...
 
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